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Reading
"Somewhere between eight and fourteen years there
may appear a stage in the child’s life when he takes an interest in reading….an
interest in reading has often made the difference between a common and great man."
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The magical art of Mary Grandpre, illustrator of the Harry
Potter books created this poster for Lands
End Catalog. The proceeds from this collector's poster go to
First Book.
"I've never seen anything like this in 20 years of illustrating children's books, magazines articles and brochures," says the artist who gave the world its first peek at Harry Potter. Mary Grandpre is from St. Paul, MN. |
"Because knowing how to read
is all the magic any kid needs!"
 | Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site - Guided Reading Opportunities for Children. |
| Reading to Children: KTCS Kids and Family - Tips on reading to children. |
| Reading A-Z: A Complete Online Reading Program - Just what it says! |
| America Reads - A salute for helping your children learn to read. Also a kids page where they can read online and a parent's page. |
| Reading Rainbow - A fun site for reading activities that are divided by age level. Also pages for kids, parents, teachers and librarians. |
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Little Golden Books - Online stories, games and art activities presented by the old favorite, Little Golden Books. You need to register, but it is free and there is no obligation. |
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Story Cart - This is a great source for Reader's Theater scripts. Many are available to download and print. |
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Sakes Alive E-Books - This is a nice selection of e-books by Stephen Cosgrove. They can be read online or a purchased hard copy is available. |
| Literature Ladders - These activities, developed by Annette Lamb, have wonderful Internet-based unit plans for many popular children's books, including Newberry and Caldecott Winners. |
| Read-Write-Now - Reading and writing activities for preschoolers through 6th grade. This site is supported by the U.S. Department of Education |
| Subjects – Carol Hurst provides a theme-related list of books and activities for literature-based unit plans. |
| Cyber guides – Literature-based units developed by teachers in California. This is part of the SCORE Project. |
| Paso Partners - Integrating Mathematics, Science and Language; A Bilingual Instructional Program – This site provides integrated teaching units in both English and Spanish. The format is simple and easy to follow, but very complete. |
| Tips for Reading Better and Faster – Sponsored by the Glendale Community College, this site provides suggestions for improving reading and comprehension skills. |
| Project Gutenberg – This is one of the oldest and most extensive sites containing e-texts on the Internet. |
| Grandpa Tucker’s Rhymes and Tales – These are some of the most fun and innovative poems for reading and sharing on the Internet. |
| Poetry for Kids – "Reading funny poetry is like eating potato chips. Betcha can't read just one!" |
| Reader’s Theater – Aaron Shepard has developed an excellent site to not only learn about reader’s theater but to print out some great scripts. |
| Houghton Mifflin Soar for Success- Houghton Mifflin has developed a program that assists students who are reading significantly below their grade level. |
| McGraw-Hill Web Site for Children's Literature - Lesson plans and activities based on children's books, plus author studies. |
| Children's Book Authors Who Visit Schools - Nothing is better than meeting a real author! |
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Teach-nology
- Over 50 reading lesson plans! |
| Historical Fiction - During the 2001-2002 school year, we developed a web site to help teachers and students understand historical fiction. We invite you to visit this site. |